New method for the detection of intraperitoneal free air by sonography: Scissors maneuver

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 381-385

  Karahan, Okkes Ibrahim ^a   Kurt, Alibekir ^a   Yikilmaz, Ali ^a   Kahriman, Guven ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pneumoperitoneum; Radiography; Ultrasonographic diagnosis; Ultrasonographic maneuver; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCISSORS MANEUVER TECHNIQUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4644270271     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20055     Document Type: Article

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